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HOSE REEL.

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HOSE REEL.

No. 528,597. Patented Nov. 6,1894.

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UNITED, ST TES v PAT NT OFFICE.

JAMES B. HUNTER, OF CATO, NEW YORK.

HOSE- REEL'.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 528,597, dated November6,1894.

Application filed Marol119, 1 894- To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JAMES B. HUNTER, of Cato, in the county of Cayuga,in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements inHose-Reels, of which the following, takenin connection with theaccompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to hose reels of the class in which the water-valveis opened, to let on the water, by rotation of the reel-body when thehose is being unwound therefrom.

My object is to produce an upright reel, comprising a base rotatablymounted upon a water pipe, vertical reel-bars of spring metal securedthereto and adapted to have a double spring action when compressed bythe en largement of the hose when filled with water, and a sliding gatevalve opened by the rotation of the reel through an adjustable pushbarconnected to the valve stem, and a lever pivoted upon the valve body andto which the push-rod is connected, and a lug orshoulder upon the baseadapted to engage with the free end of the lever when the base isrotated, and throw said lever around and pull the valve-stem out andopen the valve to let on the water.

My invention consists in the several novel features of construction andoperation hereinafter described and which are specifically set forth inthe claims hereunto annexed.

It is constructed as follows, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings,in which- Figure 1, is a side elevation of the reel, mounted.Fig. 2, is atop plan thereof. Fig. 3, is a vertical section of one ofthe spring reel-bars and a part of the base upon which it is mounted.Fig. 4:, is an enlarged side elevation of the valve and its openingmechanism. Fig. 5, is a top plan of the valve and the main lever, thedotted lines indicating the push-bar at rest and the lever and push barswung to open the valve. Fig. 6, is a plan perspective of the mainlever. Fig. 7, is a sectional side elevation of the shouldered triggerwhich engages with the main lever of the valve opener. Fig. 8, is asectional elevationshowing a reel like that in Fig. 1, erected out ofdoors, with the valve in the Serial No. 504,143. (No model.)

ground below frost, and the valve opening mechanism adapted to beactuated by the rotation of the reel.

-'A is the reel-base having (in Figs. 1 and 2) the hub'a, the spokes a'-and the rim -a", the spokes having the mortises 'b adjacent to the studsor lugs b to which one leg of the reel-arms ois secured, each of saidarms being of spring metal bent upon itself and curved outwardly as at.c, and having the leg c"- divergent and passing through said mortise. Agooseneck d is secured upon said base and said base is mounted upon thepipe d' by an ordinary gasket joint, and eis the valve mounted in theusual manner between the pipe d and the branch pipe -cZ"- which isconnected to the water main, said branch pipe being also thereel-supporting arm or bracket. This valve is an ordinary sliding gatevalve, -e'- being the stem secured to a flat disk adapted to bereciprocated within the valve body to open the valve and let on thewater or to close itand shutoff the water, from the hose which iscoupled onto said goose-neck. A sectional push rod h the sections ofwhich are adj ustably connected by an ordinary turn-buckle h' has oneend connected at -Za to the valve stem, and the other to the inner endof the lever -m=, both connections being pivoted, and said lever ispivoted at m' upon the valve body, its outer end being adapted to engagewith the end of the spring dog or trip --n pivoted uponthe base, andprovided with a shoulder ,n' engaging with the base to hold said dog inproper position, to strike against said lever when the reel is rotatedby the unwinding of the hose therefrom, and thereby swing said leveraround and thereby force or push the valve stem outwardly and open thevalve. This trip is so mounted, however, that when the reel is reverselyrotated to wind up the hose, the valve having been closed, it willsimply rock upon its pivot as it passes over said lever, withoutpositively engaging with it.

It will be seen that the rim of the base exterior to the reel arms willsupport the empty hose wound on to the reel, and that as the hoseenlarges and at the same time is contracted, the legs -c" of said armswill be sprung or forced inwardly, thereby increasing the width of saidrim, and thus aifording full support for the hose when filled; and thatas the upper winds of hose are enlarged and contracted, the whole upperpart of each reel arm is sprung inwardly.

In Fig. 8, the reel shown in Fig. 1, is shown as set up with the valvelowered below the surface of the ground to prevent freezing, a box Dbeing set into the ground and provided with horizontal partitionssubdividing it into separate air chambers, .s'--, -s'-, -s"-; bracketstbeing mounted upon the pipe, to support and guide the crank lever -u,having an arm u' with which the trip engages, the lower end of saidcrank being pivoted upon the valve case, or hood, and an arm or leverv-being secured upon said crank lever and connected to the sectionalpush-rod, whereby the unwinding rotation of the reel, will, through thetrip, swing the crank-lever around and open the valve.

The several separate air chambers will effectually protect the valveagainst frost.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. A hose-reel comprising a base and vertical reel-arms erected thereon,each comprising a spring bent upon itself and having its free enddivergent, and a rim upon said base exterior to said divergent ends ofsaid arms.

2. The combination with the reel comprising a base and spring armsmounted thereon, of a box subdivided into air-chambers, a valve set intosaid box and connected to a water main and to said reel, a crank-lever,an arm thereon, a push-rod connected thereto and to the valve stem, anda trip upon the reel adapted to engage with said crank-lever when thereel is rotated.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 12th day of March,1894.

JAMES B. HUNTER.

In presence of- CHAS. W. MARVIN, HOWARD P. DENISON.

